Closure for milk and cream bottles or jars.



3. G. ROEHM, JR.

CLOSURE FOR MILK AND CREAM BOHLES OR-JARS.

APPLICATION FILED .l-UNEZY. 1916.

Patented Oct.

1 Mil??? Q JOHN ononen BOEHM, an.

i lh lltfillti CLOSURE FOB MILK AND CREAM BOTTLES R JARS Specification023 Letters Patent.

Patented that, 2, ti /317,

Application filed June 2'7, 1916. fierial Ito. 168,217.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, JOHN GEORGE ROEHM,

J r., a citizen of the United States, residing,

. structed in accordance with at Oneida, in the county of Madison andState of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Closuresfor Milk and Cream Bottles or Jars, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in closures for milk and creambottles or jars. and has particular application to the disklike caps forclosing such bottles or jars.

In carrying out the present invention, it is my purpose to provide adisk-like cap for closing milk bottles or jars which will be cut orstamped to form a tongue normally lying in the same plane as the body ofthe cap so that the mouth of the bottle or jar will be completely closedwhen the cap is in position and wherein the tongue will be equipped withmeans whereby such tongue .may be swung out of the plane of the cap sothat the cream may be poured out of the bottle through the openingformed by the tongue.

With the above and other'objects in View, the invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement-of parts hereinafter set forthin and falling within the scope of the claims.

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure l is a top plan view of a cap c0n-' the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view therethrouglr showing the tongue in the planeof the disk,

Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the tongue out of the plane of thedisk.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, 1 designates a -disk-like' hapconstructed of cardboard or other ,suitable material and adapted to fitinto the mouth of a milk bottle or jar. The ca 1 is stamped or cut toform a tongue 2 .t lat normally lies within the plane of the cap so asto effectively Close the mouth of the bottle when the .cap is appliedtheretoL Ihis tongue 2 is capable of movement to a position out of theplane of the body ofthe cap, as illustrated in Fig; 3 of the drawing, sothat the cream on the top of the milk in the bottle may be poured offthrough the opening formed by removing the tongue. 3 designates a metalfinger mounted upon the tongue 2 and stamped to form a prong 4 that ispassed through the tongue 2 adjacent to the outer end thereof., One endof the linger 3 projects beyond the tongue 2- so as to engage the mainbody por-, tion of the cap and limit the movement of the tongue in onedirection, while the other end of the finger overlies the tongue and ispreferably, although not necessarily, bent at an angle to the, tongue sothat the finger may be pulled to swing the tongue to a position to begrasped by the thumb and fore finger. i

'W hen it is desired to remove the cap on; tirely from the bottle, thetongue may be grasped by the thumb and forefinger and the cap pulled outor the mouth of the bottle.

I claim: a 1. The combination with a disk-like cap for ntiillr'bottlesor jars having a tongue stamped therefrom. and normally disposed in theplane of the cap and capable of movement to position at an gle' to theplane of the cap, of a finger mounted uponysai'd tongue and stamped toform a prong that penetrates the tongue and having one end projectingbeyond the outer end of the tongue and overlying the adjacent portion ofthe cap to limit the movement of the tongue in one direction, and theother end formed to provide a finger hold f 2. A jar cap comprising adisk, a' tongue formed in said disk within the periphery thereof, andnormally disposedlin the plane of the disk, a finger attached to saidtongue having oneend adapted to engage the disk adjacent the tongue tolimit the movement of the tongue in. one direction, and having the otherend bent away from the disk to provide means for manually moving thetongue ,in the fother direotionp said finger having a prong constitutingthe'zne'ans of attachment between said linger and said ton e. I

3. jar cap comprisin a dish; a tongue formed in said dislrwithin theperiphery thereof and normallydisposed in the plane i I I of the disk,:1 finger attacheci to said tongue rection, and havmg the ether and bentmay from the dask to proviiie. means for manually mnvin the, tongue inthe ether direction; said nger having a prong suns-bitmgamma ing themeans of attachment betwean said finger and Saul tongue. m

In testimony whereof :afix my signature.

JOHN GEORGE ROEH'M, JR.

in presence of H. G. GREENE, A, E. Kimmy

